WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender with which they identify, rather than their sex assigned at birth.The case came from a school district near Salem, Oregon’s capital city.

The federal appeals court in San Francisco had upheld a Dallas, Oregon, school district policy that allows transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.Parents sued over the policy in 2017, saying it caused embarrassment and stress.

A lower court refused to block the policy and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling, writing that the school district did not.

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Brandon University prof moved to tears by students’ virtual thank-you: ‘She does so much for us’

Winnipeg school divisions planning for remote learning for students at risk All of her students turned on their cameras at the same time, and each held up a sign with a message thanking her for the extra work she’s put in this school year.“When I hear it again my eyes are welling up, I just experience it again and I just feel all that love and the heartfelt warmth and all the lovely sentiment — it just hits me again and I feel another wave of love,” Sayers told 680 CJOB after listening to video of the gesture that’s since been watched thousands of times online.A post shared by Brandon University (@brandonuni)The effort was organized by one Sayers’ students, who emailed her classmates with the idea before the class started.And it wasn’t

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Olympics on tight timeline to chart new path on protest

heeding the calls from many of its own athletes and will no longer punish them for kneeling or raising fists or any other kind of acceptable demonstration at the Olympics.“When you sit in my seat, you have to make decisions that you think are on the right side of history," said CEO Sarah Hirshland. "And I believe we’re on the right side of history.” But there are details to iron out, and they strike to the heart of how much change is truly possible between now and next July, when the Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to take place.

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Over 100 GOP members of Congress sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

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Students, universities prepare for holiday travel outside Atlantic Canada during a pandemic

St. Francis Xavier University, said she’s a bit apprehensive about her flight back home to Toronto for the upcoming holiday break.“I’ll be nervous going on a plane.

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Week after cart accident, Kerr toughs it out at US Open

HOUSTON – Cristie Kerr expected the pain. She was determined to play Thursday in the U.S.

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From Christmas cards to cookies, how to limit COVID-19 spread during the holidays

COVID-19, it can feel like nothing about this holiday is going to be normal.But, according to Jason Tetro the host of the Super Awesome Science Show on Curiouscast, if you take some simple precautions, your gifts, cards and baking can be exchanged safely. Christmas a sign of hope amid coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis says Possibly the most time-honoured tradition of the holiday season is the exchanging of gifts between loved ones.

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Linda Nolan 'will die' if she catches Covid amid cancer battle, her doctors warn

Linda Nolan has revealed that her doctors have told her that if she catches the coronavirus while battling cancer she will "die".

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Visa, Mastercard end card use on Pornhub amid allegations of illegal content

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HSE urges people to 'reduce and limit contacts' over Christmas

The Chief Executive of the HSE has appealed to people to make personal judgments about what is possible, sensible and safe to do over the coming weeks.

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Chris Rock calls on Joe Biden to create 'Supreme Court of Science' to handle any crisis like the coronavirus

Chris Rock called on President-elect Joe Biden to institute a fourth branch of government dedicated to science in order to combat another crisis like the coronavirus pandemic in a bipartisan way. The comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” star spoke with Deadline about his role on the fourth season of the FX drama “Fargo,” where he played a 1950s mobster in Missouri.The conversation turned to the difficult year that was 2020 as well as his thoughts on the outcome of the election. “I don’t know. When Biden won, I wasn’t jumping for joy.

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95,000 summonses backlogged in court system

Tens of thousands court summonses are backlogged in the Irish court system because the pandemic prevented them from being dealt with.

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Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Government file photo) HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.The court without comment refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania.

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Trump, 17 states join Texas’ attempt to overturn U.S. election loss at Supreme Court

Donald Trump and 17 states on Wednesday threw their support behind a long-shot lawsuit by Texas seeking to overturn his election loss by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the voting results in four states.Trump, defeated by President-elect Joe Biden in the Nov.

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With Covid vaccine rollout in sight, Apollo ready for 1 million daily shots in India

vaccines will be distributed and whether private health-care networks will be involved.Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. has so far trained 6,000 staff to give out jabs across its network of 71 hospitals, hundreds of clinics and thousands of pharmacies, according to Managing Director Suneeta Reddy, who said the company’s talks with officials in New Delhi had yet to provide any firm guidance.“We need to know if the government wants to handle the whole thing or allow the private sector to do it," Reddy said in an interview Tuesday.

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B.C. supermarket’s COVID-19-killing UV cart cleaner a Canadian first

COVID-19-fighting technology to keep its shopping carts clean.Quality Foods has installed a “clean cart” machine at its View Royal location, which gives carts a 20-second blast of far-UV light, which which provides 99.9 per cent disinfection. Fraser Health buys 14 new germ-killing robots to fight COVID-19 “It was an idea just a few short months ago,” Quality Foods president Noel Hayward told Global News.“Six months later, here’s the machine.

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Canada’s post-secondary students feeling financial pinch as fall semester ends

University and college students across the country are getting ready for what is looking like a tough holiday season.COVID-19 and the economic fallout from the pandemic have put many students in a financial bind this December.

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Alberta premier rejects criticism he waited too long to impose restrictions

A mask mandate is already in effect in Alberta and tougher restrictions are about to begin, as hospitals fill up with COVID-19 patients.

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Linda Nolan warned by doctors she'll 'die' if she catches Covid amid cancer battle

Linda Nolan has revealed she will die if she catches coronavirus, according to her doctors.

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Toronto church files constitutional challenge over coronavirus-related restrictions

COVID-19 health regulations.The Toronto International Celebration Church says in court documents that it intends to question the constitutional validity of the Reopening Ontario Act.The notice of application says that the church is challenging the provincial health guideline that limits weddings, funerals, and religious services to 10 or fewer people in regions of Ontario that are under lockdown like Toronto and Peel Region.Peter Youngren, the founding pastor of the church, says in an online video that the church’s congregation are not COVID-19 deniers and that they have carefully adhered to public health restrictions.

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Linda Nolan addresses doctors' warning that if she gets Covid she'll die amid cancer fight

Express.co.uk alongside her sister Denise Nolan, 68, who she has been living with following her cancer diagnosis, Linda said: “If I get the flu and then Covid I will die.“That’s what me and my sister Anne were told, we will die because we have nothing to fight it with, because chemotherapy depletes your immune system.”Linda then took the opportunity to encourage those who are in the same position as her to get the free flu jab this year to protect themselves. She added: “So it is vitally important that you get it [the jab] and the thing is it’s so easy, it takes 10 minutes out of your day.”Denise continued: “As Linda said, when she goes into a shop she’s had a go at people who are in there without masks.“And she said exactly that, ‘It’s

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President Trump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuit

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his campaign will join an improbable case before the Supreme Court challenging election results in Pennsylvania and other states that he lost as he tries to look past the justices’ rejection of a last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victoryThe high court has asked for responses by Thursday. Out of the roughly 50 lawsuits filed around the country contesting the Nov.

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Trump looks past Supreme Court loss to new election lawsuit

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his campaign will join an improbable case before the Supreme Court challenging election results in Pennsylvania and other states that he lost as he tries to look past the justices' rejection of a last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victoryThe high court has asked for responses by Thursday. Out of the roughly 50 lawsuits filed around the country contesting the Nov.

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Stopped for tint: Driver had fake IDs, credit cards and active warrant, Sumter deputies say

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A man is now facing a list of felony fraud charges after a traffic stop in Sumter County.Deputies stopped Gregory Thermidor Tuesday as he was heading northbound on I-75 by County Road 48 in a silver BMW SUV. Deputies say they conducted a traffic stop as he was traveling two miles per hour above the speed limit and had unlawful tints on the front windshield.When authorities asked for his driver’s license, Thermidor said he did not have it with him as he recently lost his wallet.

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Ethiopia rejects independent probes into Tigray conflict

NAIROBI – Ethiopia’s government is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly conflict in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a baby-sitter.”The declaration comes amid international calls for more transparency into the month-long fighting between Ethiopian forces and those of the fugitive Tigray regional government that is thought to have killed thousands, including civilians.

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High court takes on Fannie, Freddie presidential power case

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is hearing a case Wednesday that could make it easier for the president to fire the head of the agency that oversees government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The case could also mean undoing an agreement between the companies and the government that has sent about $246 billion in their profits to the Treasury.

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COVID-19 outbreak at Florida State University as students share unmasked party videos on social media

Florida State University stands near the top of the list for coronavirus-stricken colleges in the state and its popular nightlife provides a glimpse into how it made it to the number three spot -- thanks to images shared across social media by bars, nightclubs and students. The school recently came in as the 19th-best public university in the country, according to US News and World Report – but the Princeton Review also ranked it the 19th-best party school. FSU’s website shows 15 students had tested in each of the last two weeks.That is down from 38 the week before that and 48 before Thanksgiving.

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Arizona's Supreme Court upholds Biden's win after GOP challenge

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - It was further affirmed that Democratic President-elect Joe Biden won Arizona's 11 electoral votes on Tuesday, Dec.

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Volusia teen who confessed to killing mother to enter plea in court

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A teenage boy from DeBary accused of murdering his mother in 2018 is expected to enter a plea in court Wednesday.Gregory Ramos was 15 years old when he confessed to killing his mother and burying her body nearly two years ago.Gail Cleavenger, Ramos’ mother, was reported missing in November 2018. Volusia County deputies found her body buried under a fire pit at a church a few days after her death, once Ramos confessed to strangling her at their home.[TRENDING: This woman received the first COVID-19 vaccine | Judge scolds theme park trespasser | Chuck Yeager dies at 97]Court documents show the two were arguing over the teen’s grades.

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Coronavirus: Kingston post-secondary students, public health prepare for holiday travel

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Florida Foodie: Chicken Fire outgrows food cart, opens brick-and-mortar restaurant

ORLANDO, Fla. – Kwame Boakye knows that hard work pays off. From Akron, Ohio, Boakye was raised primarily by his grandmother, as his mother worked multiple jobs to support them.

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7-year-old boy holds toy drive for fellow students at Oxford Circle school

OXFORD CIRCLE - One local boy is taking the saying it is better to give than to receive to a whole new level.He's seven-years old and he’s one of Santa's little helpers.Monday, Rasul Bey took about 300 toys to Santa at Philadelphia Charter School for Arts and Sciences in Oxford Circle where he's a 2nd grader. The toys are for his fellow students whose families need a little help with Christmas this year.The drive started with an email blast the school sent out asking for help providing Christmas gifts for some of its students.

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COVID-19: Calgary high school students start campaign to help classmates struggling during pandemic

Families at a Calgary high school are really pulling together to help their own this holiday season. As Gil Tucker shows us, it all started with a small Grade 10 group out to make a big difference.

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Cardi B, Foo Fighters, Post Malone to headline Montreal’s 2021 Osheaga festival

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The Foo Fighters were among those scheduled to perform at this year’s Osheaga before it was cancelled due to the pandemic.The rock group is set release a new album next year and headline the first night of Osheaga’s 15th anniversary festival.Osheaga has added a payment plan for those who buy passes before Jan.

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Lake County Schools reduce virus quarantine time for students, staff

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Students, teachers and staff in Lake County who test positive for coronavirus or come into contact with the virus will now have a shorter quarantine period starting now, the school district announced Monday.Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 recommendations reducing quarantine time from 14 to 10 days.

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Americans can pay their credit card bills, but for how long?

NEW YORK – The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t stopped Americans from keeping up with their credit card payments, thanks in large part to government relief programs passed by Congress earlier this year.For some, however, the ability to keep buying things with plastic and then pay the bill likely depends on whether current negotiations in Washington produce another round of economic aid. Many existing aid measures are set to soon expire.

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Citing low coronavirus infection rates in schools, NYC reopens for in-person learning for some students

It's back to school again for some New York City schoolchildren, weeks after the schools were closed to in-person learning because of rising COVID-19 infections. The city's public school system, which shut down in-person learning earlier this month, will bring back on Monday preschool students and children in kindergarten through fifth grade whose parents chose a mix of in-school and remote learning.

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Follow norms for safe disposal of swabs used for Covid tests: Delhi High Court

NEW DELHI : The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi government and others to follow all prescribed safety measures, guidelines and norms for the safe disposal of swabs used for Rapid Antigen Testing of COVID-19.A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, while disposing of a public interest litigation (PIL) over the same, also grated liberty to petitioner re-approach the court if aforesaid directions not followed.The PIL, filed by advocate Pankaj Mehta, sought directions to form specific guidelines on the waste disposal in the testing of the novel coronavirus, and to carry out safety audits at COVID-19 testing centres across the national capital.The plea alleged that the used swabs were being thrown out

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Georgia governor again rejects lawmakers replacing electors

ATLANTA – Georgia's governor is again telling lawmakers that he won't call a special session to overturn Georgia's election results and appoint 16 presidential electors who would support Republican President Donald Trump instead of Democratic president-elect Joe Biden.Republican Brian Kemp issued a joint statement Sunday with Republican Lt. Gov.

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Cardi B defends splurging $88k on designer bag as she lists $2m coronavirus charity donations

Cardi B refuses to feel guilty about spending $88,000 (£65,000) on a designer bag after fans criticised her for considering during the luxury buy, prompting her to list her incredibly charitable donations towards coronavirus relief efforts.The WAP rapper told her Twitter followers that she was thinking about treating herself to a luxury bag. ‘Should I spend 88K for this damn purse ? Omggg it’s tempting,’ she tweeted. Some considered it to be insensitive to those going through financial difficulties at the moment including one who said: ‘it just speaks to your privilege that you could spend that much on a handbag.

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Court OKs Trump using $3.6B in military money for wall construction

US President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion from military construction projects for a border wall.A panel of the 5th U.S.

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Coronavirus vaccine card will be given to patients once they've had Covid-19 jab

The UK government has offered the first glimpse at the vaccination card that will be given to patients who receive the jab.

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Alberta health minister rejects suggestions province too lax with coronavirus restrictions

Tyler Shandro is rejecting suggestions his province’s spiking coronavirus cases are the result of not moving quickly or toughly enough in slapping restrictions on the public.His comments in an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson come as the province continues to see record daily case counts and after Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has urged the province to take “bold action” to get a grip on rapidly-spreading infections.“Do you think that the criticism that others have made in the political realm, that Alberta has put individual freedom and prosperity ahead of health, is warranted?” Stephenson asked.“No, it’s not at all,” said Shandro.

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Netflix rejects calls to add disclaimer to The Crown

LONDON – Netflix has “no plans” to add a disclaimer to “The Crown” stating that its lavish drama about Britain's royal family is a work of fiction.In a statement Saturday, Netflix said it has always presented the drama, as just that — a drama.“We have always presented The Crown as a drama — and we have every confidence our members understand it’s a work of fiction that’s broadly based on historical events," it said.“As a result we have no plans — and see no need — to add a disclaimer.”Netflix was urged last week by British Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to add the disclaimer, in the wake of the broadcast of the drama's fourth series.Questions of historical fidelity weren't a major issue during earlier seasons of the show, which debuted in

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Haskins & Talgo: Coronavirus school closings are hurting students — it’s time to reopen

Children throughout the U.S. are being harmed by being kept out of school in response to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the overwhelming majority don’t face a significant risk from the virus.

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